(URL: ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/d/delisle/OutOfBody/see.aura) HOW TO TO SEE THE AURA Version 3 by Robert Bruce (C) Copyright 2-July-1994 All colours have a uniquely coloured aura of their own that are of a completely different colour. These auras, given off by colours, are denser and far easier to see than any other aura. Using this as a basis, I have designed a simple, graduated training method that has most people seeing an aura the first time they try it. I have been able to see the human aura for many years. I was not born with this ability but taught myself. It took me several years! I know the problems inherent in developing auric sight and the new training method is designed to overcome them. The Basic Auras Of Colours Blue: Has a Yellow aura. Red: Has a Green aura. Green: Has an Orange aura. Yellow: Has a pale Blue aura. Orange: Has a pale Green aura. Violet: Has a pale Golden aura. Indigo: Has a Gold aura. Pink: Has an iridescent Green aura. The shade of these colours will vary according to the shade and tone of the colours you are looking at. They are also affected by background colours. The Relationship Between After Images And The Aura The auric colours you will see building up from coloured objects are similar in appearance to the after images generated by staring at a brightly coloured shape and then quickly looking at a neutral coloured wall. The similarity in the colours, rather than contradicting the validity of the auric colours of colour, confirms them. Why would they be any different? You can, in the early stages of learning to see auras, cause an after image that is still seen when you look away. This is caused by having to stare too hard, and for too long, in the early stages; resulting in colour depletion of the rods and cones in the eyes. With practise and use, your clairvoyant ability will increase, much less effort is needed to see the aura and hence, no after images are generated. The same method is used to see the aura's of colours as is used to see the human aura. The visible part of these auras is the reaction of the aura with light, this is the part that is seen with auric sight. This is why an aura can not be seen in the dark. Part of the etheric can be seen in the dark and a small bright light can be seen from any chakras that are active. The brightness of these depends on the degree of activity in the chakras at the time of observation. The way the aura builds up is totally unlike the way an after image appears. If, while an aura is building up, you shift focus slightly, or blink, it disappears instantly. An after image does not. There was a doctor, in the late sixties or early seventies, that used the effect of colour depletion, of the rods and cones of the eyes, as an aid to seeing the human aura. He used auric sight as an aid to diagnosing the health of his patients. He used Cyan screens, glass coated with Cyan dye. He would hold these to his eyes and look through them for a couple of minutes. He found, after doing this, that he could see the human aura for several minutes. This method of stimulating auric sight became very popular, with spiritualists and early new age people, around this time. The interesting thing here is this: After using these screens for several months, this doctor found he needed to look through the Cyan screens less and less. Eventually he was able to dispense with the screens altogether. By continually straining to see auras, and through using colour depletion of his eyes, the doctor stimulated his brow chakra. Over a period of time, and with the continual use of this ability, which stimulated his brow chakra, he gained full auric sight. The story of this doctor was in an old book called "Spiritualism Today" printed sometime around the sixties. I think it was written by Maurice Barbanell. This was also reported in a documentary, on psychic related matters, made in the seventies. I have lost this old book and can't, therefore, give his name. If anyone has this book, or remembers his name, I would really appreciate a letter from them, with the name and details of this doctor? WHAT IS THE HUMAN AURA? The human aura is an energy field that reflects the subtle life energies within the body. These energies make us what we are and in turn are affected by our surroundings and life style. The aura reflects the activity of our inner organs, our health, mental activity and emotional state. It also shows disease - often long before the onset of symptoms. Close to the skin is the etheric aura. It is seen as a pale, narrow band that outlines the body, usually no more than half an inch wide. It looks like pale smoke clinging to the body. This is the visible part of the etheric body in it's contracted state. During sleep, the energy body expands and opens to absorb and store vitality or energy. The etheric is better named the vitality sheath or energy body. After sleep it contracts, forming a dense sheath around the body close to the skin, holding its stored energy within it. The main aura is banded around the body - strata like. Imagine a person with thick, coloured hoops of light dropped over them and you get the general idea. These, main colours, emanate from the major chakras, or psychic centres. Basic energy is drawn up from the planet through the feet and fed into the chakras, much like a plant does with water. Each chakra is a transformer that generates energy of a different type and colour. The strength of each chakra depends on the person's nature, health and life style. All together, these chakras generate the dominant hue of the aura. There are seven main chakras and over three hundred minor chakras in the chakra system. Each of these chakras is connected to an organ or nerve ganglia in the human body. The chakras, and their interconnecting pathways, or meridians, were charted by the Chinese thousands of years ago. These charts are still widely used today, in modern alternative medicine, i.e., acupuncture. The Major Chakras And Their Colours The major chakras are situated at: 1. Base chakra (base of spine, between anus and genitals) Colour: Red. 2. Spleen chakra (slightly below the belly button) Colour: Orange. 3. Solar Plexus chakra (1 hand-span above the belly button) Colour: Yellow. 4. Heart chakra (centre of the chest) Colour: Green. 5. Throat chakra (base of throat, above where it joins the chest) Colour: Blue. 6. Brow chakra (exact centre of forehead) Colour: Purple. 7. Crown chakra (whole top of head above the hairline) Colour: Gold. The main aura is also photo-sensitive, it reacts and expands in light. The aura's chakra system can be likened to a tree. Energy/nutrient is drawn up through the feet/roots and fed through the body/trunk to the chakras/leaves. Many experts suggest people can be classed by the basic hue, or the dominant colour, of their aura. For example, Blue means a highly spiritual person, trustworthy, honest. Orange means an emotional type of person etc... I have found this to be misleading. The aura is a complex and changeable engine and cannot be judged so simply. The aura is sensitive to colour. It reacts to the colours of clothing and to that of its surroundings. This accounts for our strong natural likes and dislikes, when it comes to choosing the colours we wear and the colours that surround us. The effect of colour on the emotions is well known. The use of colour, i.e., wall colours, is widely used in hospitals and institutions to calm agitated people and put them at ease. Pink is the most frequently used colour for this. It is the emotional colour of love and happiness. Watch a mother's aura when she first looks into the eyes of her new baby, and falls head over heels in love. At that special, happy moment, you will see this most lovely of auras in all its glory. There is a whole science devoted to the use of colours for improving the health. This is called Colour Healing or Colour Therapy. It is impossible to get a clear view of an aura through clothing. The auric colours of clothes react strongly with a person's aura, causing interference, that blocks and changes it. For example: A Blue shirt will flood the natural aura with Yellow. Even neutral coloured clothing will block and dim the aura making it difficult to see. Disease: This shows up in the aura in many different ways, sometimes weeks before any physical symptoms. An ear infection, for example, will show up as a dark shadow over the side of the head, several days before any symptoms appear. This shadow will gradually change into a murky Green. As the infection takes hold, it will become shot through with Red and Orange flecks. Murky Green with Red and Orange flecks, is commonly seen with any infection. Death: When a person is dying the aura changes dramatically. I have observed the auras of people with terminal cancer in the weeks prior to death. First the aura fades and weakens, and then, a week or so before death it expands, changing into a beautiful pale Blue shot through with Silver sparks. WHY MOST PEOPLE FAIL TO SEE THE AURA The most common reason people fail to see the aura when they first try is simply the way they go about it. The human aura is not a good training ground for beginners. This is what usually happens: Your volunteer sits and waits, for a long time, while you strain for a glimpse of their aura. You are trying to relax and concentrate and master a tricky visual technique, all at the same time. You subconsciously worry about what they are thinking of you. Are they getting bored or impatient? Do they think you foolish, a failure, or both? This kind of pressure causes tension that effectively negates the relaxed state needed to see the aura. Trying to get results under this kind of pressure, as a beginner, is next to impossible. Email letters from a young man. It shows a common problem encountered when trying to see the aura: David:> "I was sitting in Economics class when I started to see a faint white glow (not really though, I can't really describe it), it was surrounding the sides of his head. And I could also see a similar one coming from one of the students sitting in front of him, except the student's had a sort of bluish tinge to it. Then I started to see the same thing coming from some of the computer monitors that sit on the desk. At first, I was hoping that I could see auras but then when I saw it on the monitors, I had my doubts." MY ANSWER:>> Every living, and non living thing has an aura, including monitors. The reason you saw them when you did is {let me guess} You were very relaxed, maybe day dreaming a little. Your eyes were tired, relaxed, and these are the PERFECT conditions for seeing the aura. DAVID:> "That's exactly how I was. The discussion sort of went off topic and wasn't all that interesting to me." DAVID:> "Anyway, I was wondering if you can tell me if I actually did see their aura. I tried staring at myself in the mirror to see my aura but it didn't work and I haven't been able to see their auras since that day a week or two ago. As for some of my questions. I was wondering what colours non-living objects give off (is it white?), how come it was brighter on their heads?" MY ANSWER:>> You did see the aura! The colours given off by non-living objects vary with the colour of the object. The human aura is brighter around the head area for two reasons: 1. Clothing blocks the aura. 2. The head area is usually bare and is where the YELLOW of intellect is most active. This yellow varies in intensity according to the degree of mental activity. Maybe the student you observed was really on the ball that day. HOW TO SEE THE AURA To see the aura you have to be able to relax and concentrate, at the same time, and there is a trick to focusing the eyes in a special way. 1. You need soft light to train in, not dim, but good soft light. No harsh light shining or reflecting in your eyes! Get a book and cover it in Blue or Red paper. Stand it upright on a table several feet from you. Experiment with the distance until you find what is best for you, but the minimum distance should be no less than 4 feet or 1.3 meters. Make sure you have a plain, neutral background. If the wall colour is wrong, hang a sheet of neutral coloured paper or cloth as a backdrop, a bed sheet is fine. Note: The book is only a prop for the coloured paper, i.e., it is the aura of the coloured paper you are going to look at, not the aura of the book. Using a brick, covered in coloured paper, would give the same results. Note: The auras of the colours Blue and Red are, by far, the brightest and easiest to see. The brightness and tone of the colour's aura varies with the shade and tone of the colour used, so use bright primary colours. 2. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and relax. When you are calm, look at the book. Focus your eyes on nothing, a little to the side and past it. This is as if you were looking at, but not focusing on, the wall behind it. Gently hold and get used to that focus, but try not to strain or tense your eyes or forehead. Concentrate! you need a gentle, steady un-focus, similar to day-dreaming. Note: When you need to blink, do so, or it will cause your eyes to tense and water. Blink normally and without changing focus, and do not become preoccupied with it. It may cause the aura to disappear for a second, but it will reappear quickly if you stay relaxed and hold your focus. After a while you will see a pale narrow aura coming from the book. Hold and don't change the focus, don't look AT it, soon a bright Yellow or Green aura will start building up from the object. Don't change focus or look directly at it or the aura will disappear. The aura has to be observed with the side vision. You can not focus on it or it will vanish. There is a reason for this strange un-focus. Your outer field of vision is many times more sensitive than the focused area is. Have you ever seen a movement, out of the corner of your eye, only to turn and see nothing there? What you may have seen may have been an aura building up from something and your outer field of vision has detected it. 3. Once you have completed the first step, gather several books and cover them, each with a different primary coloured paper. Study these one at a time and write down the result. Next try using two at a time, and watch how the auric colours affect each other. 4. Get a pot plant or some flowers and study it. The aura you will see emanates from the living plant and also from the colours of the petals and leaves. The Orange hue, you will see, comes from the green of the stems and leaves. You will also see a more distinct etheric and a shimmering optical effect around them. This shimmering effect, is the living aura of the plant. 5. For the next step use an animal, dog or cat etc, if you have one. Try and observe them when they are resting. 6. Observe your own aura. This is best done both outside, with the Sun behind you. Hold your arm out and study it against the sky or clouds. 7. When you feel proficient enough, try it with a human subject. Just remember not to try too hard. Do it exactly the same as in the original exercise with the book. Get your volunteer to remove some of their clothing and study the bare skin area against a neutral background. On a human subject, the first thing you will see is the etheric aura, like pale smoke clinging to the skin. Next you will see the shimmering optical effect in the air extending out several inches or more. Hold focus and the aura's colours will build up, and out from, the skin. It will first appear as a narrow band of colour next to the skin. This will expand slowly, if you hold your focus, until it is several inches or more thick. The colour may vanish many times while it is building up. This is caused by your eyes blinking, and the shifting of your focus and can not be helped. Be patient, it will get easier with practise. 8. The brightness of a person's aura has a lot to do with how they feel. If they feel happy and full of life their aura is stronger, larger and brighter. Try playing their favourite music, this will help to energize their aura and make it easier to see. 9. Try it on your volunteer outside. Make sure the sun is behind you and use clouds as a backdrop. Practise And Time Gives Best Results It takes practise to see the human aura, so don't be disappointed if you fail, or see very little, the first few times you try. If you managed to see the auric colours of the coloured paper wrapped books, you CAN learn to see the human aura. Using this training method stimulates the forehead chakra, which is responsible for this ability. With use, it will grow in strength, and it will become progressively easier to do. It may take months before you get your first glimpse of the human aura, if, as was my case, you have no natural ability; but with practise, as I did, you WILL eventually see it. In the beginning, it may take a few minutes, or even longer, to see the aura of a colour. With practise this time will be reduced to a few seconds. You will also find there are days when auras are difficult to see, and other days when auras just appear around people and objects, without any conscious effort on your part to see them. You will find this happening at odd times, when your forehead chakra is, for some reason, inactive or very active. You may be sitting down talking to someone and all of a sudden you will see their aura, or the aura of their clothing, with no effort. This sporadic, auric sight, ability goes a long way to dispel the view that auras are ONLY after images. How can you generate an after image without staring at something? I have taught many people to see the aura using this method. The fast results help build confidence and keep interest high. This ensures enough work and effort is put in to get the desired results... seeing the human aura. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... ... a friendly little light from down under ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Certain partisan beliefs leave you with a peculiar empty feeling, much like a wallpaper sandwich does. You think you've got it, you know you've had it, but it just doesn't sit quite right on the inside... < Robert Bruce > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------